Originally Posted by
Iride01
The wider your bars, the more you'll be braced with your arms. That means your shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists and hands will be taking the brunt of all the forces you encounter on the road.
Yeah, it turns out I’m better off with narrow bars. I get 50 cm for my acromion measurement. I spent many years with wider bars, most recently 45 cm Nitto. And never really loved them.
This summer I tried my new TRP RRL levers on old GB bars that are about 41 cm in the drops and about 39 cm at the hoods and suddenly my hands were comfortable. So narrow may be worth at least a try.
Otto